Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov refused to comment on the information about transferring of accounts of Venezuelan firms in Russia to the Moscow-based joint-stock company Bank Russian Financial Corporation (RFC-bank), adding that Kremlin is not engaged in opening accounts and coordination with business
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 06th March, 2019) Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov refused to comment on the information about transferring of accounts of Venezuelan firms in Russia to the Moscow-based joint-stock company Bank Russian Financial Corporation (RFC-bank), adding that Kremlin is not engaged in opening accounts and coordination with business.
On Tuesday, two informed sources told Sputnik that after consultations with the Venezuelan side and businesses, the Russian authorities decided to transfer the accounts of Venezuelan firms in Russia to the Moscow-based RFC-bank.
"Kremlin is not directly involved in opening accounts and coordination with business, so this question is not for us," Peskov told reporters.
In February, Russia's Gazprombank said that several years ago, within the framework of interaction with several Russian client companies accounts of Venezuelan state-owned PDVSA oil company were opened in Gazprombank. According to the statement, PDVSA, as one of the world's biggest oil companies, has accounts in many banks, including international banks, however, there are no new PDVSA accounts in Gazprombank.
Later that month, media reported that Gazprombank had decided to freeze PDVSA's accounts and suspend its transactions in order to reduce possible risks associated with US sanctions. PDVSA has refuted the reports.
Bank Russian Financial Corporation, founded in 1993, provides services to Russia's strategic companies and the defense industry, according to the Bank of Russia's website. In April 2018, US imposed sanctions against RFC-bank.
